Macromedia Flash MX Techniques CD Training (CBT) Course

The author takes you through 10 complete projects which cover a large amount of tips and techniques which will help you become a much more confident user and will help you get more out of Flash. This tutorial allows you to discover new concepts of MX at your own pace.

Welcome
Welcoming screen
about this Flash MX Techniques tutorial

Heritage Products Introduction Page
setup
importing logos and sampling colour
the logo shape (5 sections)
the reflection gradient and second reflection
how to mask text
laser and logo animation
laser control
the logo mask
beam and sound in Flash MX
exporting
troubleshooting

Glass Buttons
intro to glass buttons
base structure
the inner ring
upper and lower highlight
icon
behaviours in buttons
some alternate buttons
oblong buttons (2 parts)

Fading Text Effect
intro
setting text
mask shape and animation
common masking pitfalls
mask assembly and offset
external text

Sparkle Effect in Flash
the basics of Mask
simple masks (2 parts)
mask 01 and 02 animation
file size and trimming
backgrounds and colour
final trimming

3d Box Menu
Overview
a simple box
remaining boxes
flattening and separating
box timeline setup
buttons - submenu and duplication of
submenu testing
activating submenus and the assembly

Photo Profile Menu
overview
background
the external photo container
how to crop photographs correctly
external text & movie actions
photo animation in Flash MX
how to update external movies
the return button
movie actions
player names & housekeeping
player masks
how to activate your buttons

Cannon Video in Flash
background and overview
Barrel (2 parts)
back wheel & tails
animation (2 parts)
shell animation
smoke
exporting video

Compositing With Video
Frame labels
video import (2 parts)
frame labels explained
spring text explained
graph lines and axes
explanation text
exporting

Video Player
background info
video placement
video screen
architecture
the outer panel
aligning movie clips
video player base
button import and actions (3 parts)
slider layout
drag & drop
variables
slider controls video
the video controls slider
careful tweaking

Sliding Menu
background and overview
basic button
animation - button and arrow
labels
duplication